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Chronicle (Levin), 2 December 1948, Page 8

' .. HASTINGS, Dee. 1. With. gras n-ow gi'owing and the feed position aasured for some time- ahead, farmers- aga-in operated Leenly on th.e store- eattle market at Stortford Lodg.e ,today. „ The' rostruan- was- Avell , iilled • with btLyei's froni whoni, bids; same free- • 1^, paxticujsjety. .foi' grown cattle- witu bone and substance. Values were advanced on lasb week's improved rates. At feature of the sale was the price of ••£21 10s paid: for a cqnsigmnent of big ,fr.amed A.A. bullocks.. The iigure was the best of the seasoru. Prices for other ■gQod. bulloeks ranged fi-o.ni £18 2s 0d to £19, lightex selling at £15 16s.. The best price of the season for yearling steers !o£ £10' 15s was paid for a quali'ty con'Pignment. Other yearling 'steer prices were £8 17s Od.to £9 19s. Ligh* twuyear steers sold at £9 16s. Eiupty covvs realised £12, cows with' calves at fout :£1'1 6s to £12 12s. Empty three and four3'ear heifers b rough t £11 10s to £14 6s, two-year heifers £9- 1+s, ant$ yearling heifers £5 16s tOt£6 17s. Buyers were not enthusiastLc at any stage during the fat cattle sale, but pa- ! rates were tn"afntai ned' uhtil the lattei end of the sale when the niarket showed a tende.ney to ease>-' A short yarding of 130 he.ad. e4me forward and there were' feWei- buyers ,in the rostruin than nsuaL . The inarket was well supplied with good . quality medium weight bullocks which sold at up*to £21 8s '6d. Fernale beef was m shorter supply, there beiiig, an ahnost complete abjsence of cows. Heifers from Wairoa topped the market at £15 lls. Pvinte medium weight ox was traded at £21 18s 6d to £2.4 8s 6d, lig'hter seiling, at £J 9 13s 6d to £21. 13s 6d, and' uniinish.ed at £18 18s 6d to £1Q l,s. Prime quality medium weight heifers, were quoted at £14 18s 6d to £15 lls, and li'ght and- unftnished realised £12 8s 6d to £14 Ts. Quality vealers. were, knocked dowu at £6 4s to> £7 7's, with lighter at £4 '5s to £5 7s. Enoouraged1 bj' the Irigh prices for wool and the way the grass is growing, farmers again operated' kneely for store sheep when they were oft'ered a j'ardiug of 2500 head. Though >the- .attendanco was not large, buying power was present w;ith, the result, that the market was buoyant and values were lixm on those ruling on last week's stroiig sale. The best price for the season for shorn 2-th. ewes o.f 45s, was paid for a quality consignment. Woolly ewes with larnbs at foot sold welj, at from 23s 4d to.29s 6d all eounted. Shorn wethers were again in fairly gobd, supply and the inquiry was well. sustained, 2-th. selling at. from 31s lj)d. to 35s 6d, the latte-r price being obtained for a meatv line. Lines of 2 and 4-ths. niad'e 31s 2d to 33s, and- a" line of grown wethers changed hands at 35s 4dv ' The rise of fd per pound in the works schedule rates for mntton combineo with an extramely short yarding, were factors responsible for a.sharp 3s lift in fat ewe values with the yagds biily about a quarter full. The sale began strongly and iirmed as it progressed. The rise in. wether values could not bc judged so accurateiy as these came forward intwos" and threes, but there was deilnitely a firmihg tendency. Quality was o/fering in a short yarding. Prime shorn young ewes realised 37s ld to 37s 7d, with lighter at 34s ld' to 35s lOd Prime aged ewes oif the sliears were traded at 30s lOd to 32s ld, medium sorts bringing, 28s 4d to 29s 4d. Aleclium weight woollies brouglit 36s 4dr and good young Down-cross ewes„ oi! the shears realised 32s 4d to 35s lOd. Prime shorn wethers were knocked down at 42s lOd to 43s- 4d, others bringing 36s 4d to 39s 4d, and light 32s lOd.